PRINTER'S NO. 2843
No. 2234 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, COY, SEMMEL, LEDERER, L. I. COHEN, MELIO, E. Z. TAYLOR, MICOZZIE, BROWNE, PETTIT, KELLER, BELARDI, NAILOR, TRUE, OLASZ, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, THOMAS AND J. TAYLOR, NOVEMBER 21, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 21, 1995
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for penalties for driving without 3 a license. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 1501(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 1501. Drivers required to be licensed. 9 * * * 10 [(d) Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (a) is guilty 11 of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to 12 pay a fine of $200, except that, if the person charged furnishes 13 satisfactory proof of having held a driver's license valid on 14 the last day of the preceding driver's license period and no 15 more than one year has elapsed from the last date for renewal, 16 the fine shall be $25. No person charged with violating 17 subsection (a) or (b) shall be convicted if the person produces
1 at the office of the issuing authority within 15 days of the 2 violation: 3 (1) a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth at the 4 time of the violation; or 5 (2) if the driver's license is lost, stolen, destroyed 6 or illegible, evidence that the driver was licensed at the 7 time of the violation.] 8 (d) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) for the 9 first time commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. Any person 10 who violates subsection (a) for the second time commits a 11 misdemeanor of the second degree. Any person who violates 12 subsection (a) for the third time commits a misdemeanor of the 13 first degree. Any person who violates subsection (a) for the 14 fourth time or for additional times commits a felony of the 15 third degree. Any person who violates subsection (a) and who is 16 also found to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics 17 commits a felony of the third degree. An exception to the 18 provisions of this subsection is that, if the person charged 19 furnishes satisfactory proof of having held a driver's license 20 valid on the last day of the preceding driver's license period 21 and no more than 90 days have elapsed from the last date for 22 renewal, that person is guilty of a summary offense. No person 23 charged with violating subsection (a) or (b) shall be convicted 24 if the person produces at the office of the issuing authority 25 within 15 days of the violation: 26 (1) a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth at the 27 time of the violation; or 28 (2) if the driver's license is lost, stolen, destroyed 29 or illegible, evidence that the driver was licensed at the 30 time of the violation. 19950H2234B2843 - 2 -
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. J12L75JRW/19950H2234B2843 - 3 -